Artist & Musician Profile
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
WELCOME tO DEAtH ROW
Death Row Records is a record label founded in 1991 by Marion "Suge" Knight Jr. and Andre Young (Dr. Dre). It was record label of many popular West Coast hip hop artists such as 2Pac, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg and rap group Tha Dogg Pound consisting of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger also Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC although most departed from the label after its demise following the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996.
The collapse of Death Row Records meant its title as a powerful hip-hop label was subsequently revoked despite attempts from the last remaining founder and CEO at the time, Suge Knight, that included signing new talents and releasing many compilations of previously unreleased content recorded by ex-Death Row artists. The label filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and on January 15, 2009, Death Row Records was successfully auctioned to entertainment development company WIDEawake Entertainment Group, Inc. for $18 million.
Death Row has sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide, and generated close to $750 million in revenue.
...in short there ain't no Death Row Records without Dr. Dre.
VH1 DRiVEN - NAS
VH1 - Driven featuring NAS
The documentary explores the life of the son of an aspiring jazz musician and a hardworking postal worker who by age four was a self-taught trumpeter, shocking his father and the neighborhood by performing on the local street corner with his father's middle-aged friends.
His story is told through exclusive personal accounts from friends and family including his father Olu Dara, and music industry heavyweights Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Don Ienner President of Sony Music, MC Serch, AZ and DJ Red Alert.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
ESPERANZA SPALDiNG
Esperanza Spalding | Chamber Music Society EPK from xo ARt Of NOiSE
BASSIST, VOCALIST AND COMPOSER ESPERANZA SPALDING
PRESENTS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY,
A BRILLIANT MARRIAGE OF STRING AND JAZZ TRIO WITH VOICE
Centuries ago, long before the advent of radio or recording technology, chamber music was the music for the masses – the music in which people from nearly every segment of society could find meaning and relevance. A decade into the 21st century, Esperanza Spalding – the bassist, vocalist and composer who first appeared on the jazz scene in 2008 – takes a contemporary approach to this once universal form of entertainment with Chamber Music Society, her August 17, 2010, release on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group.
Backed by drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and pianist Leo Genovese – and inspired by the classical training of her younger years – Esperanza creates a modern chamber music group that combines the spontaneity and intrigue of improvisation with sweet and angular string trio arrangements. The result is a sound that weaves the innovative elements of jazz, folk and world music into the enduring foundations of classical music.
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